Isnāt it somewhat heretical to claim that Emmanuel has come?
(Why yes, I do have an inappropriate sense of humor.)
Happy Catholic New Year!
IFYPā¦ Advent is the start of the year in every denominationās liturgical calendar that I know of. (Which is a lot, but not all. I think some newer churches donāt even have a liturgical calendar, but the ones that do are mostly identical.)
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Ah. I wasnāt sure if other denominations did it the same way. My bad.
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No worries. And I suppose in fairness Iām wrong, at least in a way. The Orthodox churches are still on the Julian calendar rather than the Gregorian one, so while they celebrate all or at least mostly the same holidays, they do celebrate them at different times.
I could say, veni veni
If one has a missal, you already know (because they usually have a calendar up front to let you know which year youāre in), but just in case you donātā¦
https://twitter.com/BackwardsFeet/status/1596624841708290052
The prior one was C2
Ok I knew there was A B C but there are also numbers? The last 7 years I have attended a church that follows the liturgical calendar. Itās been interesting. I tried to do the readings for a while but Iām not good at sticking with it. And Iām already behind again (sigh).
the numbers are for daily Mass, and itās really easy (except for Advent) ā 1 for odd years, 2 for even
the 1/2 thing comes into play primarily for Ordinary Time. It doesnāt count for Feast Days/Memorial Days, etc.
One of the guys who goes to daily Mass has a huge Roman Missal which has the whole thing in there, but I keep three: one Sunday Missal (has the A/B/C cycle for Sunday Masses and the Holy Days of Obligation, other special days) and two Daily Missals (just made the switch for the Advent through Lent one, and thereās the Lent through Advent one). Those are reasonably sized.
As a Protestant, I just have a single book with Scripture references and a few little readings and songs for each week. (I guess each week has an ABC notation so it really is a small book.)
I love church but every day church would be quite the adjustment. I donāt even make it to my weekly parish group meeting.
I really do enjoy this thread and hearing about the Holy Days and Saints, etc.
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Daily Mass is only about 30 minutes, if that. The shortest Mass can get done in about 15 minutes (depending on a -really- rapid priest). Many priests wonāt do a homily for daily Mass. Itās shorter than going to the gym for most people.
That said, some people donāt want to go to Mass, but do want to read the daily readings for a daily devotional which can also be found here:
I get a daily email w/ the readings and a short commentary on the reading of the day, usually on the Gospel, but sometimes on the Psalm or the First Reading (or the 2nd Reading, if itās a Sunday, or a special weekday).
Most of the people at daily Mass are old, but the nice thing about working in an urban downtown is thereās usually a Catholic Church having a lunchtime Mass within walking distance.
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Thatās interesting. So, in Arabic numbers because Iām feeling lazy, the numbering goes:
1-15, 17-19, 21-23ā¦ is that right?
In anticipationā¦ [itās on Dec 6, tho]
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And they were like āG.D.itā but their scribe misheard it as āGaudete.ā
Today is that day!
Happy St. Nicholas Day! Again!
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